In my career covering the entertainment industry, I can’t say that I’ve ever encountered an energy from filmmakers quite like the one shared by Danny and Michael Philippou. The twin directors from Australia, known for their breakout 2023 feature Talk To Me, have a tremendous passion for what they do, and it comes across clearly in their excited back-and-forth patter when they discuss the latest cinematic horror that they’ve been cooking up. Being siblings, they are also very close and obviously enjoy messing with each other – which I actually got to see translate into a literal impromptu wrestling bout a couple years ago on a press line at San Diego Comic-Con.
What I’ve seen from the Phillipous at press events has made me curious about their working relationship and how they solve creative differences, and I made a point of asking them about just that earlier this month during the Los Angeles press day for their upcoming horror film, Bring Her Back. As captured in the video above, I mentioned that I had previously seen them fight for fun, and they joked that the tussle was representational of how they solve issues behind the scenes:
Bring Her Back, as I note in my four-and-a-half star CinemaBlend review, is a cinematic experience not for the faint of heart – and movie-goers everywhere will be able to experience the dark madness of Danny and Michael Philippou when the new A24 film arrives in theaters this Friday, May 30.